Appleford Railway Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Appleford Railway Bridge
Crosses:River Thames
Locale:Oxfordshire
Maint:Network Rail
Design:Bow and string
Material:Iron
Height:13feet[1]
Open:1844
Coordinates:51.6439°N -1.2404°W

Appleford Railway Bridge carries the Cherwell Valley Line from Didcot to Oxford across the River Thames near the village of Appleford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Clifton Lock and Culham Lock.

Originally, a timber bridge was built at the approximate location of the present bridge; by December 1843, it was reportedly under construction, and was completed during the following year.[2] By the 1850s, it has been replaced by a more substantial bridge principally composed of wrought iron so that heavier trains could be run along the line. A third bridge was completed in 1927, which was built out of steel; it is this structure that is presently used as of the 2010s.

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  1. Web site: Bridge heights on the River Thames . River Thames Alliance . January 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080124114502/http://www.visitthames.co.uk/text.asp?PageId=320 . 24 January 2008 .
  2. Book: The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs . Thacker, Fred. S. . Newton Abbot . David and Charles . 1920 . 1968 . not cited .